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Sunday, December 10, 2017

“Justices, Divided 5-4, Let Trump Shield DACA Documents”: Adam Liptak had this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Saturday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes had an article headlined “Supreme Court says administration for now need not turn over more DACA documents.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks order for White House to disclose DACA documents.”

Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Says White House Can Withhold DACA Documents for Now; In a 5-4 vote, the court temporarily halted the release of Trump administration documents related to the program’s cancellation.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court says Trump administration can withhold DACA docs for now.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court blocks release of Trump ‘Dreamer’ immigrant documents.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Shields Trump Administration on ‘Dreamer’ Documents.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court lifts orders to disclose DACA cancellation records; The justices split, 5-4, in dispute over Trump’s decision to end protections for ‘Dreamers.’

You can access Friday evening’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s dissent therefrom, at this link.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Appeals Court upholds conviction of Brendan Dassey in ‘Making a Murderer’ case”: Bruce Vielmetti and Tom Kertscher of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

And in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, Daniel Victor had an article headlined “Court Rules Against Brendan Dassey, Subject of ‘Making a Murderer.’

You can access Friday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Thoughts from Judge Randolph.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court runs up quite a tab”: Columnist Phil Kabler has this essay online at The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



List of federal appellate judges who clerked for Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski (by order of entry into judicial service, with the earliest listed first): D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh; Ninth Circuit Judge Sandra S. Ikuta; Ninth Circuit Judge Paul J. Watford; and Third Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause.

List of widely read law blogs founded by Kozinski clerks having a contributor who retweeted the main accuser’s personal account: “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

List of U.S. Supreme Court-focused podcasts having one co-host who clerked for Judge Kozinski and the other co-host who questioned Judge Kozinski’s post-accusation conduct: “First Mondays.”

Elsewhere, Matthew Stiegler — author of the “CA3blog” — has two must-read Twitter threads, here and here, about the earlier judicial misconduct proceedings against Judge Kozinski.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans step up defense of ‘not qualified’ judicial nominees; GOP senators are ratcheting up their attacks on the American Bar Association, which has emerged as a stumbling block in President Donald Trump’s effort to transform the courts”: Seung Min Kim and John Bresnahan of Politico.com have this report.

Posted at 10:57 AM by Howard Bashman